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Daylight Savings Time: Who Needs It?

Remember: Autumn back or something like that​Most of you are probably happy to get that extra hour of sleep Sunday, but at what cost? Think of all those days to come that you'll get up before dawn, plus, the drive home from work will be in the dark, because if you're working at all nowadays, y ... More >>

Say Goodbye To Nine Houston Post Offices

Offices a-closin'​The U.S. Postal Service has announced it's thinking about shutting 3,700 locations across the country, many in small towns. But Houston would not be spared: A list of potential closings -- hilariously labeled the "Expanded Access Study List" -- shows nine sites in the city a ... More >>

Houston Dogs Worst In Country For Attacking Mail Carriers

Probably lives in Houston​It's hard out there for a Houston mail carrier -- if the heat doesn't get you, the dogs probably will. The United States Postal Service has put out its list of the 10 most dangerous cities for dog attacks, and coming in at the top is....us. USPS says 62 Houston lett ... More >>

Frankie Sanders: Union Boss Put in Travel Vouchers for Hotels Closed by Katrina

Make sure your fake receipts are not for closed hotels.​If you're going to rip your union off for $10,000 by putting in fake travel vouchers, don't put in one showing you stayed at a New Orleans hotel while it was closed because of huge Hurricane Katrina damage. It's just common sense. Con Ar ... More >>

Freelance Whales

Make sure your fake receipts are not for closed hotels.​If you're going to rip your union off for $10,000 by putting in fake travel vouchers, don't put in one showing you stayed at a New Orleans hotel while it was closed because of huge Hurricane Katrina damage. It's just common sense. Con Ar ... More >>

Neal Uy Lim: Got Millions Through Counterfeit Postage Scheme

Don't mess with Newman​A Houston man has been convicted of running a multi-million scheme where he used counterfeit postage machines to rip off the post office. Neal Uy Lim, 50, owned three large pre-sorting mail businesses in the Houston area, operations that handle bulk mail and get a disco ... More >>

"The Wreck Of The Old 97": Country's First Million-Seller

Before the Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot's famous ballad, there was another wreck and another song. In 1903, The Southern Railway had a deal with the United States Postal Service for mail delivery. One of the trains involved in the mail haul was The Fast M ... More >>

Duck Season. Rabbit Season. Tax Season.

Before the Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot's famous ballad, there was another wreck and another song. In 1903, The Southern Railway had a deal with the United States Postal Service for mail delivery. One of the trains involved in the mail haul was The Fast M ... More >>

Bear Colony

This band borrows from Unwed Sailor, Postal Service and Minus the Bear for some light, but danceable rock

Cold as Ice

NHL 2K7 looks pretty, but fails to light the lamp.

Best Post Office

Sam Houston Branch

The Cannabis Caper

How a citizen's donation to NORML got routed to the DEA

Letters

Rotten to the Corps, Wife Strife, Sweet and Neat

Letters

Silent Echo, Going Postal, Freedom Fighter

Zoned Out

The biggest Houston postal "improvement" ever has cut 400 jobs -- and snarled mail delivery

Stale Mail at the Fed

Urine, tax returns, and credit card payments pile up at the federal building

Letter Bombs

Dittborn's airmail art challenges your assumptions about his Chilean background

Puff It Up

Anchors have feelings - and a flair for fashion!

Pushing the Envelope

Sushi via the U.S. mail? Velveeta boxes affixed with stamps? To Beth Jacobs, it's all art.

City Hall's Dime Debts

When it comes to Houston follies, full fare is only fair

Stolen and Forged

The check is in the mail takes on a whole new meaning in West University Place

Return to Sender

With The Postman, Kevin Costner fails to deliver

Press Picks

With The Postman, Kevin Costner fails to deliver

The Bender Difference

A former corporate downsizer takes a hard-nosed approach to helping the homeless